Tip for garment-stays.



D. SCHULER.

TIP FOR GARMENT STAYS.

APPLIOATXON FILED SEPT. 9. 1910.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

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TIP FOR GARMENT-STAYS.

Application iiled September 9, 1910.

To all whom t may conce/m:

Be it known that I, DAVID SCHULER, a resident of Kerrtown, in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tips for Garment-Stays, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment stays, and more particularly to the means for iinishing the ends of wire stays.

The object of the invention is to provide a tip or clip for finishing the ends of stays, which can be cheaply manufactured, easily applied, and which is very firmly secured to the stay.

In the accompanying drawing Figure l is an enlarged face view of the end portion of a wire stay showing my improved tip applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 2 2, Fig. l; and Figs. 3 and 4 are views of the blank from which the tip is formed.

The stay body is shown at l, and is composed of wire formed into a series of open loops or eyes 2. The tip which forms the subject of the invention may be applied to any form or construction of wire stays having open eyes or loops. The particular stay shown has been selected for purposes of illustration only.

The tip 3 is formed of thin sheet metal, which can be blanked out from a sheet to the form shown in Fig. 3, having a main body with small prongs or projections 4 on the edge portions. This blank is then bent transversely on its median line 5, the operation preferably being performed in a die so that when completed the folded edge 7 of the clip will have a rounded form as shown in Fig. l. This operation bends the blank practically double, with the two leaves 6 joined by the hinged portion 7. This while still partly open is slipped onto the end of the wire stay and is squeezed down perfectly flat, thereby not only gripping the wire structure firmly between the two leaves, but the prongs or projections 4 are also forced inwardly partly into the open Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

serial no. 581,159.

loops or eyes of the stay body. As a consequence, the tip is very securely attached to the body, and it is practically impossible for 1t to come loose either accidentally or in use. The tips may be electro-plated or otherwise coated with a non-rusting coating, either before their application to the wire body, or after such application, or may be formed of a metal which will not corrode.

The construction of the clip is such that it can be formed by automatic machinery provided with ordinary punching and bending dies. This operation leaves the two plates of the tip slightly open, as shown in Fig. 4, so that it can be very readily shoved onto the end of the wire body, and the linal fastening is eifected by a simple squeezing or pressing operation. The consequence is that the tip can be effectively applied by automatic machinery and in a manner to give a perfect finish.

What I claim is:

A garment stay comprising wire bent to form a series of loops or eyes and crossing portions, and a tip therefor comprising a substantially rectangular metal plate bent on itself to form two substantially rectangular' leaves lying in parallelism and connected at one edge only, said leaves being each provided with an edge prong and being formed of sheet metal of sufficient strength and rigidity to firmly grasp the opposite side faces of the stay body, and being pressed tightly together with the stay body therebetween to be retained frictionally thereon, said prongs being bent inwardly between the said Vcrossing portions but not extending completely through the body of the stay, thereby forming a stay tip having a smooth surface and free from projections.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

DAVID SCHULER.

Witnesses J. II. PARDEE, M. M. BEEMAN.

Copies of this patent mav be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

